Philhelius Explained
Philhelius are moderate to large hoverflies, most are somewhat wasp like. Little is known of their biology.[1] [2] Prior to 2018, they were known under the genus name Xanthogramma, a junior synonym.[3]
Species
- Philhelius anisomorphum (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
- Philhelius caucasicus (Violovitsh, 1975)
- Philhelius citrofasciatus (De Geer, 1776)
- Philhelius coreanus (Shiraki, 1930)
- Philhelius dives (Rondani, 1857)
- Philhelius evanescens (Becker & Stein 19137)
- Philhelius flavipes (Loew, 1863)
- Philhelius hissaricus (Violovitsh, 1975)
- Philhelius kirgiristanus (Enderlein 19387)
- Philhelius laetus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Philhelius maculipennis (Mik, 1887)
- Philhelius marginalis (Loew, 1854)
- Philhelius pedissequus (Harris, 1778)
- Philhelius qinlingensis (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
- Philhelius sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
- Philhelius seximaculatus (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007)[4]
- Philhelius sichotanus (Violovitsh, 1975)
- Philhelius stackelbergi (Violovitsh, 1975)
Notes and References
- Book: Stubbs. A.E.. Falk. S.J.. 1983 . British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. 253, xvpp . British Entomological & Natural History Society.
- Book: Stubbs. A.E.. Falk. S.J.. British hoverflies, an illustrated identification guide. 2002. British Entomological and Natural History Society. Reading. 978-1899935055. 1–469. Second.
- Evenhuis NL. Nomenclatural studies toward a World List of Diptera genus-group names. Part VI: Daniel William Coquillett. Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 18;4381(1):1-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4381.1.1. PMID: 29689947
- Book: Huo. K.-K.. Ren. G.. Zheng. Z.. Fauna of Syrphidae from Mt. Qinling-Bash in China (Insecta: Diptera). 2007. Beijing Huonzheng Printer Ltd Co.. Beijing. 1–512. Chinese, English.
